Shell Programming and Scripting

i have this script i wrote, it chokes when running the add install client commandit keeps telling me the add_install_client command is incorrect.
When I put the print statement in front of the command so it will echo it, the command looks right on the screen. Yes im am an ametuer, im trying to learn perl, any help would be appreciated.. thanks!


#usr/bin/perl
#
# USAGE:
# jumpit arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4
#
# arg1 = Number O/S (8, 9 or 10)
# arg2 = Hostname
# arg3 = IP Address
# arg4 = MAC Address
#
echo "$3 $2" >> /etc/hosts
echo "$4 $2" >> /etc/ethers
cd /export/config/Solaris$1/
echo "hostname $2 - $2 -" >> /export/config/Solaris$1/rules
/export/config/Solaris$1/check
#
cd /export/install/Solaris"$1"/Solaris_"$1"/Tools/
/export/install/Solaris"$1"/Solaris_"$1"/Tools/add_install_client -c motjmpst:/e
xport/config/Solaris"$1" -p motjmpst:/export/config/Solaris"$1 $2" sun4u


Here is what i get when i change the command in the script to be printed on the screen:

# ./jumpit 9 brian 192.168.15.11 8:0:20:c0:8f:a1
Validating rules...
Validating profile ultra5bg...
Validating profile brian...
The custom JumpStart configuration is ok.

/export/install/Solaris9/Solaris_9/Tools/add_install_client -c motjmpst:/export/config/Solaris9 -p motjmpst:/export/config/Solaris9 brian sun4u

This is the correct command syntax it works if i type it into the command line, so im not sure why its not running from within the script.

ok i figured out i had to remove those quotes around the vairables...

Just an FYI, you're not running Perl with this script. This is a shell script. To make this Perl, the first 2 characters should be "#!", then the path to your Perl executable. So, your first line would be:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl